Now celebrating our 25th year as a housing research information service and clearinghouse, HUD USER offers relevant, practical information on a wide range of topics, such as new building technologies, emerging trends in urban planning and demographics, alleviating housing discrimination and homelessness, and strategies for making housing more affordable, durable, accessible – and more readily available – to the people who need it most.

The vast majority of publications available on this site can be downloaded free of charge, or ordered in printed form for a nominal cost by calling 1-800-245-2691. To find the ones that are right for you, you may search by subject, by title, or by key word(s). Our 800# puts you in touch with trained Help Desk representatives (also available by emailing helpdesk@HUDUSER.org), who can also help you find what you need. It's our sincere hope that our efforts to build a sound virtual community will prove useful to you in your efforts to build and grow the real ones in the cities and towns where you live and work.

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Thank you for your interest; we look forward to keeping you informed, and to welcoming you to our online communities.